Random Thoughts

Thoughts culled from my random file. About divine love, relationship with God and new life in Christ. Some have come to me in moments of quiet reflection, some in interaction with others. Many have been my tweets and Facebook updates. Some have been my Instagrams. Offered as “jump starts” for your faith.

• Faith in God is relational, more about trust than certainty.
• Today I repent of the prides and arrogances I know about ... and ask forgiveness for the ones I have not yet realized.
• The humility of Christ and His cross exposes evil for what it is: pride against God and one another.
• Biblical justice is relational, about readiness for community.
• The justice of God is not about retribution but about restoration to fellowship.
• The judgment of God does not come to condemn us but to transform us.
• The cross was not a penalty Christ paid but a victory Christ won.
• The cross was not the reason for God’s forgiveness but the revelation of God’s forgiveness.
• In Jesus Christ, God forgives our betrayals, removes our shame and leads us back to holy community with God and one another.
• In Jesus Christ we become part of the new creation. The whole cosmos cries out for this revelation.
• What is God showing you about what he wants to do in the world? Pray that!
• Thank you, Lord, for your healing presence.
• Forgive me, Lord, for baptizing bitter fear as righteous anger, for being quick to take offense and slow to love. Teach me the strength, gentleness and humility of Christ. Amen.
• The resurrection of Christ exposes the truth about death: it is a helpless and defeated foe, and cannot stand.
• The abundantly available grace of God transforms sinners into saints.
• In Jesus Christ, sins are forgiven, shame is removed and new life begins.
• Remember today that your blessing is not rooted in your job but in God.
• Remember today that your significance is not found in your work but in the love God has for you.
• How deep the love, how wide the mercy, how abundant the grace, how joyful the fellowship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• God doesn’t do “pay back.” He does “pay forward” ... and he does it with grace.
• God is love. Love casts out all shame.
• There are no boundaries to the grace of God. He is always working for our good.
• DREAM ~ A communication from a deeper realm, a vignette from the spiritual dimension.
• We live in between the great things God has already done and the greater harvest yet to come.
• Don’t worry about your significance in the world. God has already taken care of that. Just go on and live your life in him.

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